2 Samuel 21:1
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David Avenges the Gibeonites
21 Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David (A)inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, “It is because of Saul and his [a]bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
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- 2 Samuel 21:1 Lit. house of bloodshed
1 Kings 18:2
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2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a severe famine in Samaria.
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2 Kings 4:38
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Elisha Purifies the Pot of Stew
38 And Elisha returned to (A)Gilgal, and there was a (B)famine in the land. Now the sons of the prophets were (C)sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”
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2 Kings 6:25
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25 And there was a great (A)famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and one-fourth of a [a]kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver.
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- 2 Kings 6:25 Approximately 1 pint
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